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Re: RE: problem getting rid of an undo tablespace

From: <ryan.gaffuri_at_cox.net>
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 18:12:00 -0500
Message-Id: <20040316231200.SZMN21704.lakemtao05.cox.net@smtp.central.cox.net>


and if you need help with data modelling or development dave wendelken is definitely the person to ask. I worked with him a few years ago... he knows what he is doing.
>
> From: Rachel Carmichael <wisernet100_at_yahoo.com>
> Date: 2004/03/16 Tue PM 04:29:35 EST
> To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
> Subject: RE: problem getting rid of an undo tablespace
>
> sounds like you are on the right track...and asking for help here is a
> good start.
>
> my apologies, I didn't mean to offend you. Some developers/DBAs don't
> bother to try to learn on their own, then expect the list to fix
> problems... My apologies, you are not one of those.
>
>
> --- david wendelken <davewendelken_at_earthlink.net> wrote:
> > >You started with several mistaken premises:
> >
> > >1) that you have to drop a file to change the name
> >
> > Nope! I didn't start with that assumption at all!
> >
> > I tried 'alter database rename file <oldname> to <newname>;'
> > right at first. Gave me error messages that said it couldn't find
> > the file.
> >
> > There's another command, alter tablespace, that's similar to that one
> > and I tried it too. It gave me an invalid filename error.
> >
> > That led me to believe that the filename was something that oracle
> > couldn't handle.
> >
> > My assumption was that it changed the name of the file IN oracle and
> > IN the operating system.
> > But it doesn't, you have to change the os filename yourself, and do
> > it before the oracle command.
> >
> > By the time I figured that mistaken assumption out, I had already
> > followed prompts by oem to take actions that caused other problems.
> >
> > >May I gently suggest that a review of the concepts and reference
> > guides
> > >is in order?
> >
> > I'm an application developer, not a DBA. We all have to specialize
> > somewhere, and DBA work isn't mine.
> > I've been digging thru the manuals all day long but I was getting
> > caught in some catch-22 situations.
> > It's the first time in a long time that I've gotten stuck! That's
> > why I asked for help.
> >
> >
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